8.1/10
IMDB Rating : 8.1
FD Smart Rating : 8.1
Synopsis : Orphan Utena Tenjo is swept into the secrets and lies of swanky Ohtori Academy, where students secretly duel for the Rose Bride's hand, and her power.
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Japan
Yuriko Fuchizaki , Hikaru Midorikawa , Yuri Shiratori , Takeshi Kusao , Chieko Honda , Tomoko Kawakami , Nozomu Sasaki , Kotono Mitsuishi , Jurota Kosugi , Yuka Imai , Ai Orikasa , Maria Kawamura , Akira Nakagawa , Takehito Koyasu , Aya Hisakawa , Kumiko Nishihara , Akiko Yajima , Leah Applebaum , Roxanne Beck , Sharon Becker , James Carter Cathcart
Japanese [Original]
Japanese
Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
1997
na
This series is about a girl called Utena who was helped in a difficult time by a handsome prince. She was so impressed with him that she vowed to become a prince herself. She is attending a boarding school where she stands out with her gender bending ways and boy's uniform and makes friends with other students in school, most notably a bizarrely submissive Indian girl called Anthy. When one of her friends is publically humiliated by her crush, Utena protests and is called out on a duel by the boy at a bizarre arena. With some difficulty, she wins and finds that Anthy is now 'engaged' to her as the 'Rose Bride' that is the key to a world revolution. Now, she finds herself forced to fight repeated challengers for Anthy, face similar rivalries in her personal life and tries to help Anthy gain some will of her own. All the while, the duels she must fight are leading her to a goal of world revolution that has implications she is not yet aware of.